Routes, Planning, & Inspiration for Your North American Road Trip

Restaurants of the Road

There's
more to Seattle than the Space Needle, Mount Ranier and espresso! There's
the Gravity Bar, a unique vegetarian eatery owned by Laurrien
Gilman which has just celebrated a decade of serving Seattle's other
beverage, juice.

We're not
talking ordinary juice. If you want frozen O.J., the Gravity Bar is not
for you. This is a place where 'fresh' means 'growing on the premises,'
and flats of lush 'wheat grass' waiting for harvest line one wall. The
rest of the decor is part Star Trek and part Bauhaus, with a dash of Clockwork
Orange thrown in as an accent.

The menu
is in a class by itself, offering a comprehensive selection of fruit and
vegetable juices as well as a panoply of salads, soups, sandwiches and
imaginative vegan dishes. Tofu, tempeh, quinoa and brown rice are coupled
with a variety of sauces and vegetables. Names like "Holy Mary" and "Bathing
Rama" make you think you just might gain salvation or enlightenment along
with dinner.

We opted
for the drink that makes the Gravity Bar green, wheat grass. In front
of our eyes, Katie (pictured above) cut the shoots and poured the shots.
Just to make sure she got the true Gravity Bar experience, Megan downed
a "Milano," a double shot of wheat grass laced with a healthy dose of
fresh garlic. It was a lingering experience.